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Archive for September, 2009

Holiday Meal Sponsors

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Camp Hope Holiday Dinner Sponsors Needed: Your generous donation of $50.00 will purchase a holiday dinner for a Camp Hope family.  Please stop by the table in the Connector at Mt. Bethel.  We’ll be there Sundays, October 18th and 25th.  Choose a family for whom you will sponsor a holiday dinner.  Thank you for sharing and making a holiday meal possible for our Camp Hope “kidz” and their families.  Please call the Camp Hope office with questions at 770.977.7751 or go to www.kidz2leaders.org.

Camp Hope Benefit Concert

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Come praise God with us as we celebrate our 10-year anniversary of Camp Hope with a special worship concert Sunday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. featuring Rev. Diane Parrish and Robert McMichael.  This annual concert helps raise funds for kidz2leaders, inc. which ministers to the children of men and women incarcerated in the state of Georgia.

Camp Hope Counselors: Wear your Camp Hope t-shirts!!

The concert will be held in the Sanctuary at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church located at 4385 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30068.

What Our Kids are Saying After Camp…

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

After Camp Hope, our Cornerstone and Leadership campers complete an evaluation  of their experience at camp.  Here are the results from this year’s evaluation.

44% of our Leadership Campers reported that the most important thing that happened at Camp Hope was getting closer to God.

“I got saved and rededicated my life to God.”

“I have invited God back into my life.”

“To know that if you ask for forgiveness Jesus will forgive you and not hold grudges.”

51% of our Leadership Campers defined leadership as setting a good example.

40% defined leadership as responsibility.

“Leadership is building unity and a better world for future kids just like me.”

“It means being a unique person in God’s eyes, it can make you a better Christian by showing others the way to joy and Jesus.”

98% of our Leadership Campers want to be a counselor at Camp Hope.

“I want campers to learn about God and help them through their situation because I went through the same thing.”

“I want to be a counselor so I can help campers like my counselors help me grow in Christ.”

100% plan to graduate highschool!

100% said that Camp Hope helped them understand the importance of not making poor choices like using drugs or getting pregnant before marriage.

100% of campers that Camp Hope will help them at home, with their family and with their friends at school!